CN105473466A - Rfid plaque box - Google Patents

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CN105473466A
CN105473466A CN201480027614.7A CN201480027614A CN105473466A CN 105473466 A CN105473466 A CN 105473466A CN 201480027614 A CN201480027614 A CN 201480027614A CN 105473466 A CN105473466 A CN 105473466A
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伊曼纽尔·热利诺特
伯纳德·莫利纳
米格尔·舒瓦
斯科特·麦卡锡
本杰明·拉兹
希尔斯滕·克拉克
格雷戈里·斯科特·格罗诺
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Abstract

An RFID plaque box provides secure storage and protection of value tokens (e.g., gaming plaques and jetons) of all sizes and shapes (e.g., rectangular, square, oval or round) and delivers real-time counting and movement details in both high and low frequency RF environments. The RFID plaque box allows plaques or jetons to be accounted for as part of the table's inventory along with the RFID chip tray's inventory (when installed). The RFID plaque box is provided as a fixed storage area that is situated below the plan of the gaming table alongside the RFID chip tray (when provided) with a lid very similar to that of the RFID chip tray or provided in a pop-up mechanism whereby the RFID plaque box is integrated into a gaming table such that when the top surface of the RFID plaque box is pushed, the RFID plaque box will pop-up to lift the stacks of plaques or jetons for access.

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RFID board box
The cross reference of related application
This application claims the U.S. Patent application No.13/896 submitted on May 17th, 2013, the preceence of 605.The content of this application is incorporated into herein by reference entirety at this.
Technical field
The present invention relates to the pallet for storing the game money being such as worth token and so on.Being worth token is represent cash or other physical objecies be worth, and is worth token owing to having representative cash equivalents or other equivalent things are acceptable at least in some cases.The exemplary purposes be worth in the purposes of token is their purposes in casino game, in casino game, as coin (chips), board (plaques) or fractional currency (jetons), they form bet, follow the tracks of under note and cash the basis of descended note.Be worth token and also adopt traditional coin or the form of currency general in the whole world.In addition, be worth token may be used for, such as commercially, the value represented in the situations such as reward, chance, premium.In this case, be worth token can exchange other things valuable or there is valuable chance.The present invention can find effectiveness in any application in such applications or all application, and in fact, and the present invention can find effectiveness in physical object symbol or all application representing valuables.More specifically, the present invention relates to the box that a kind of low frequency or high-frequency RF ID (RF identification) start, this box be suitable for storing enable RFID board, fractional currency and other be worth token, and be suitable for the board enabling RFID, fractional currency and other be worth token communicate to provide to board, fractional currency and other be worth the real-time counting of token and motion thereof.
Background technology
The value token of such as casino game coin and so on has the attribute of currency, and therefore takes important measures to follow the tracks of position and the value of this value token, and prevents fraud and the theft of this value token.Such as, in U.S. Patent No. 5,166,502, No.5,895,321, No.6,264,109, No.6,296,190, No.6,581,747, No.7,866,563, No.7,918,455, No.7,926,725, No.7,931,204 and No.7,942, in 334, the game money being wherein formed with responser is described.As described in these applications, responser can be molded in the shaping game money of injection moulding of plastic materials, and conventional RFID detector or other readers can be utilized to detect.Unique identifying information and value information are sent to this reader for detection and checking by responser usually.
Being arranged on game money, board or fractional currency and other RFID microchips be worth in token provides a kind of in order to follow the tracks of and the safety of the motion of recorded value token in such as whole public place of entertainment and failure-free mode.Because the value of money that each value token all has to be worth a token carries out unique RFID label tag of encoding.Therefore, when it is placed in the detection range of RFID reader, this value token can be immediately recognized and be identified effectively.Thus, the value token with integrated RFID label tag provides the desirable mode of the counting of the value token improved in public place of entertainment and the precision of exchange service inventory algorithms, additionally provides the currency safe class being very difficult to destroy simultaneously.By using RFID coin pallet or single precision (float) reader, public place of entertainment can also make its counting procedure automation and improve its counting procedure, makes regulator in casino personnel and field can be absorbed in other tasks.
RFID coin pallet has been used to store this game money enabling RFID.Such as, U.S. Patent application No.13/282,715---its content is incorporated herein by reference---disclose a kind of RFID coin pallet for storing casino game coin.Disclosed RFID coin pallet comprises being positioned at and enables the game money of RFID and the RFID antenna communicated with the game money enabling RFID in order to read in housing.The bank that this RFID coin tray configurations becomes public place of entertainment table provides safe game money to store, to carry RFID game money and provide the discriminating of the RFID game money comprising ownership, value etc. in whole game environment.One to the hundreds of of this RFID coin tray configurations in pairs in a single mount dish or Double tray game money is differentiated.The RFID reader be associated can not only detect frequency with low RFID but also detect frequency with high RFID and operate.In the exemplary embodiment, this RFID coin pallet can use in strong room on table for game, in field on platform or in table for game or reserve tank, and can be conducive to storage and the tracking of the RFID game money be stored in RFID coin pallet.
In prior art as shown in Figure 1, RFID coin pallet 10 is suitable for being contained in posture coin pipe by the game money of diameter 39mm to diameter 45mm with single pallet or with the form of piling tray.Usually, according to denomination, 10 to 15 this posture coin pipes are arranged in one or more stacking pallet.Although this posture coin pipe can be configured to the game money of accommodating board, fractional currency, coin and other various shapes to measure the stock at table for game place, but find in practice, because the size of board or fractional currency and interval change to some extent compared to game money, be difficult to read game money and board or fractional currency in the same RFID coin pallet with game money coin.Especially, this RFID coin pallet can not as one man read game money or have larger diameter (i.e. 48mm, 50mm, 60mm) fractional currency or even may the playing card of larger (such as, 108mm takes advantage of 75mm).RFID antenna is attached in RFID coin pallet in the ultimate range of the RFID label tag in order to read conventional game coin; But, the rectangle of board and fractional currency, square or other irregularly shapedly cause difficulty to this reader, this is because these shapes result in the RFID label tag in RFID antenna in coin pallet and board or fractional currency center between larger distance (such as, the larger fractional currency of 38mm is to the conventional game coin of 20mm, do not comprise the width of coin pallet itself), thus result in more insecure reading.When using very large board, RFID label tag even may be positioned at outside the scope of RFID antenna.Using rfid reader device to read, game money and board or fractional currency be proved to be to be difficult to realize.
Thus, the homologue of the RFID coin pallet that a kind of board for accommodating all shape and size and fractional currency are provided is needed.This device will preferably include the RFID antenna design in order to the board of accommodating large-size or the different of fractional currency.From the detailed description below of the present invention, it is evident that RFID board box of the present invention has been designed to solve these and other demand.
Summary of the invention
By for all size and dimensions (such as; rectangle, square, ellipse or circle) value token (such as; playing card and fractional currency) safe storage and protection are provided; and not only under high-frequency RF environment but also under low frequency RF environment, RFID coin pallet as the aforementioned transmits real-time counting and motion details like that, and RFID board box solves other the unspecified demands in the demand and this area.RFID board box allows the stock of board or fractional currency and RFID coin pallet (when mounted) together as the stock's of a table part.
RFID board box of the present invention is suitable for sitting in the strong room or reserve tank put on table for game, on sales counter or in table for game, is worth token for storage.RFID reader reads the RFID stored and is worth token to provide real-time stock.In the first embodiment, below the plane that RFID board box of the present invention is set to be positioned at table for game, at the fixing storage area on the side of RFID coin pallet (when being provided with), it has the lid very similar with the lid of RFID coin pallet.On the other hand, in this second embodiment, RFID board box of the present invention is provided with ejecting mechanism, RFID board box is integrated in table or sales counter by this ejecting mechanism, make when promoting the top surface of RFID board box, RFID board box will eject to promote stacking of board or stacking of fractional currency, thus all stack or touch independent stacking to touch according to ejecting mechanism simultaneously.In arbitrary embodiment, RFID antenna can be incorporated in RFID board box; But RFID antenna can also be attached in the part of direct contiguous RFID board box of table for game, such as device memory storage upwards " ejection " time not by the part promoted.In the rear in an embodiment, the reading that the RFID in RFID board box is worth token can only perform when this mechanism closes.In the present embodiment, in order to close lift system, user promotes lift system downwards simply to be locked and to fix.It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that this lockout mechanism often to be used for high denomination but very important due to board and fractional currency.Those skilled in the art it will also be understood that, the lift system of device for ejecting can be vehicularized.
In the exemplary embodiment, housing and at least one RFID antenna is comprised for storing the board box being worth token according to of the present invention, wherein, housing has multiple compartments of the value token of size and the size being suitable for holding and not having standard game coin, at least one RFID antenna described is positioned in the wall of housing or is positioned proximate to the wall of housing, to communicate with the value token enabling RFID in one or more compartment being placed on housing.In the first embodiment, board box to be adapted to be incorporated in table for game and preferably suitable for interlocking with RFID coin pallet.Be provided with lid to prevent from entering housing when cover locks.In this second embodiment, be provided with lifting subassembly to be promoted to for touching the open position being worth token from off position when being positioned at below table for game with trump card box.When the top surface of RFID board box being pushed into this RFID board box of release downwards to be promoted by this lifting subassembly, lifting subassembly is activated.Lifting subassembly can comprise spring or can comprise motor and piston, crimped position when this spring is in the closed position from RFID board box be expanded to RFID board box in an open position time expanded position, RFID board box is promoted to open position from off position when motor is activated by this piston.This at least one RFID antenna can be incorporated in the fixing wall of the next-door neighbour RFID board box below table for game, to communicate with the value token enabling RFID when board box is positioned in the closed position below table for game.
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Fig. 1 shows U.S. Patent application No.13/282, that RFID coin pallet disclosed in 715.
Fig. 2 shows the left view of the first embodiment of RFID board box.
Fig. 3 shows the right elevation of the RFID board box according to this first embodiment.
Fig. 4 shows the first embodiment of RFID board box, is wherein attached with the molded tip of RFID board box.
Fig. 5 shows and U.S. Patent application No.13/282, and that RFID coin trays described in 715 uses the first embodiment to form the RFID board box for being attached to the assembly in table for game.
Fig. 6 shows the first embodiment of the RFID board box of the Fig. 5 under the state being attached with molded tip.
Fig. 7 shows the RFID board box of Fig. 5 and the upward view of RFID coin pallet component.
Fig. 8 shows the side sectional view comprising the second embodiment ejecting assembly of RFID board box.
Fig. 9 shows the lateral plan of the second embodiment of RFID board box, wherein, ejects assembly in the closed position.
Figure 10 shows the lateral plan of the second embodiment of RFID board box, wherein, ejects the open position that assembly is in allow to touch stored value token.
Figure 11 shows the end elevation of the second embodiment of RFID board box, wherein, ejects the open position that assembly is in allow to touch stored value token.
Figure 12 shows the top perspective view of the second embodiment of RFID board box, wherein, ejects assembly in the closed position and be attached with removable cap.
Figure 13 shows the top perspective view of the second embodiment of RFID board box, wherein, eject assembly in the closed position, and removable cap is removed and RFID board box is depressed and prepares to rise to open position.
Figure 14 shows the top perspective view of the second embodiment of RFID board box, wherein, ejects the open position that assembly is in allow to touch stored value token.
Detailed description of the invention
To describe the present invention with reference to Fig. 2 to Figure 14 below.To it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in literary composition with reference to the description given by those accompanying drawings only for exemplary object, be not intended to limit the scope of the invention by any way.The all problems relevant with scope of the present invention can solve by referring to claims.
As indicated above, " value token " is the general tems for representing cash or other physical objecies be worth, and in casino game embodiment, " value token " can be the form of game money, board or fractional currency.For convenience of description, term " value token " and " game money ", " board " or " fractional currency " use in the text convertibly, but should be understood that, in the often kind of situation used like this, other physical objecies of game money, board, fractional currency or such as coin and so on also can be expected.
In the first embodiment of RFID board box, RFID board box is suitable for and U.S. Patent application No.13/282, and that RFID coin pallet described in 715 uses, together to form the assembly for being attached in table for game.As shown in Figure 2, RFID board box 100 is suitable for the board or the fractional currency 102 that store all size, shape and denomination.In the exemplary embodiment, RFID board box 100 comprises separated portion section 104, and separated portion section 104 is pre-formed as the shape and size of waiting to be stored in board in corresponding portion section or fractional currency 102.In substituting embodiment, separated portion section 104 can comprise moveable separating part with accommodating board or the fractional currency 102 with different size and shapes, or when the separated portion's section 104 needing configuration different, all separated portion sections 104 can be the parts dropped in storage box 106 of single basket plug-in unit.Storage box 106 is preferably made up of the non-metallic material of such as plastics and so on, to make to minimize with the interference of RFID field.Will be appreciated that, although the shape of separated portion section 104 is shown as rectangle, separated portion section 104 can have any required form in order to hold the board or fractional currency 102 that are shaped similarly.As illustrated equally, protrusion 108 is suitable for RFID board box 100 to interlock, as illustrated best in Fig. 7 with the RFID coin pallet 116 coordinated.
As seen better in Fig. 3, RFID board box 100 comprises RFID antenna, and this RFID antenna comprises at least two coils 110 and coil 112, and these two coils 110 and coil 112 hold to be formed two parallel RFID magnetic test coils around the wall of storage box 106.Certainly, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that only needs use coil for less stacking.As shown in Figure 3, coil 110 and coil 112 hold around storage box 106 instead of are positioned at below storage box 106, and thus coil 110 and coil 112 are fully near the board be stored in separated portion section 104 or fractional currency 102.In the exemplary embodiment, be provided with in storage box 106 six be made up of 20 or more boards or fractional currency 102 stack, but more or less separated portion section 104 can be set and each stack in can accommodating more or less board or fractional currency 102.Certainly, for darker stacking, needs are arranged more RFID magnetic test coils enough sensitivitys are provided.In addition, detection sensitivity can be increased further by being arranged in the wall of separated portion section 104 by RFID magnetic test coil 110,112 etc.Under any circumstance, RFID magnetic test coil is preferably configured to read game money from the RFID coin pallet (if any) be associated, and minimizes to make interference.
As shown in Figure 4, RFID board box 100 is preferably suitable for comprising moulded closure 114, and this moulded closure 114 protected the content of RFID board box 100 safely before the content of RFID board box 100 is put into use.The moulded closure 114 of RFID board box 100 can be suitable for the below of the lid handle of the RFID coin pallet 116 sliding into cooperation to hook with lid handle, thus makes the moulded closure 114 of RFID board box 100 become a part for the lid of RFID coin pallet 116 when locking.Preferably, the moulded closure 114 of RFID board box 100 is locked in place by lock or other known safety devices.
Fig. 5 shows and U.S. Patent application No.13/282, and that RFID coin pallet 116 described in 715 is combined the first embodiment of the RFID board box 100 formed for being attached to the assembly in table for game 118.Fig. 6 shows and is attached with molded tip 114 and molded tip 120 respectively so that the assembly of Fig. 5 when looking like single type unit at RFID board box 100 and RFID coin pallet 116.Fig. 7 shows the upward view comprising the assembly of RFID board box 100 and RFID coin pallet 116 of the Fig. 5 be attached in table for game 118.
In the second embodiment of RFID board box, RFID board box 200 is adapted to be incorporated in table for game 202, and thus, RFID board box 200 was stored in securely below table for game 202 before being required.RFID board box 200 adapt to manual or vehicularized lift system 204 to touch stored board or fractional currency 102 at needs time rising below table for game 202.Because each board or fractional currency 102 can weigh 30 grams or more, and the board that can store in RFID board box 200 more than 120 or fractional currency 102, therefore usually need vehicularized lift system 204 due to weight (3-4+ kilogram) to be hoisted.
In this second embodiment, except RFID board box 200 is suitable for being thus lifted to above table 202 by lift system 204 and preferably comprising except RFID magnetic test coil 206 at the wall 208 of the part of the next-door neighbour RFID board box 200 of table for game 202, RFID board box 200 is similar with RFID board box 100.In this configuration, only when RFID board box 200 is in closedown below table for game 202 and latched position time, just read by the board in RFID magnetic test coil 206 pairs of RFID board boxes 200 or fractional currency 102.Certainly, RFID magnetic test coil 206 can also remain in the wall of RFID board box 200 as in the first embodiment, makes even still can carry out RFID detection when RFID board box 200 is in the open position for touching board or fractional currency 102.
Lift system 204 can comprise mechanical spring 210, this mechanical spring 210 upwardly RFID board box 200 when lid 212 is removed and the top 214 of RFID board box 200 is pushed down to discharge fastener (not shown).The expansion of spring 210 makes RFID board box 200 be pushed upwardly.The damping of spring 210 prevents spring 210 from too fast launching.On the contrary, spring 210 can be replaced by motor sub-assembly, this motor sub-assembly upwardly piston (not shown) when the top 214 of RFID board box 200 is pushed down to discharge fastener (not shown), is upwards increased to open position to make RFID board box 200.
Fig. 9 shows the lateral plan of the RFID board box 200 when ejecting assembly and being in the closed position.As indicated above, RFID magnetic test coil 206 can be incorporated in fixing wall 208, and the RFID device of board or fractional currency 102 is only communicated with RFID reader when RFID board box 200 is in the closed position.
Figure 10 shows at the lateral plan ejecting the RFID board box 200 assembly is in the open position allowing to touch stored board or fractional currency 102, and Figure 11 shows the cross-sectional end view when ejection assembly is in the open position allowing to touch stored board or fractional currency 102.
Figure 12 shows the top perspective view of the second embodiment of when ejecting assembly and being in the closed position, to be attached with removable lid 212 RFID board box.Figure 13 shows the top perspective view of the RFID board box 200 when ejecting assembly and being in the closed position, wherein, removable lid 212 is removed, and top 214 (being marked with " pushing away ") is depressed, RFID board box 200 is made to prepare the open position in order to allow to touch stored board or fractional currency 102 risen to as shown in Figure 14.
---such as Magellan multiple antennas reader system (MARS-24) or for verifying, monitoring and other commercially available RFID reader controlling the motion comprising the value token having RFID label tag and so on---reads the value token of all size and shapes to it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that embodiment described in literary composition allows by single RFID reader.RFID board box described in literary composition can be incorporated in table for game as described, or can on table for game or side or use in independent go-cart or table.RFID board box described in literary composition can also be suitable for accommodatingly wherein having the game money of the oversize of RFID label tag or undersize and the value token of square, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon or any other shape.This RFID board box is that operator provides about floating account remaining sum and all motions instant of value token comprising board and fractional currency and accurate information, make operator have more understanding for the use being worth token, and game delay can be reduced due to will not manual count be needed.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be applied to other application and can modify when not deviating from scope of the present invention.Therefore, scope of the present invention is not intended to be limited to above-described illustrative embodiments, but is only limited by described claim.

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1., for storing the board box being worth token, described board box comprises:
Housing, described housing has multiple compartment, and described multiple compartment is suitable for holding the value token of size and the size without standard game coin; And
At least one RFID antenna, at least one RFID antenna described is positioned in the wall of described housing or is positioned proximate to the described wall of described housing, to communicate with the value token enabling RFID in one or more compartment in the described compartment being placed on described housing.
2. board box according to claim 1, wherein, described board box is adapted to be incorporated in table for game.
3. board box according to claim 2, wherein, described board box is suitable for interlocking with RFID coin pallet.
4. board box according to claim 1, also comprises lid, and described lid is suitable for being locked into and prevents from entering described housing when described cover locking.
5. board box according to claim 2, also comprises lifting subassembly, and described lifting subassembly is suitable for the open position being promoted to described board box to touch from the off position below described table for game described value token.
6. board box according to claim 5, wherein, described lifting subassembly the top surface of described RFID board box is pushed downwards to release described board box to be activated when being promoted by described lifting subassembly.
7. board box according to claim 6, wherein, described lifting subassembly comprises spring, and described spring is from crimped position, and---now described RFID board box is in described off position---being expanded to expanded position---described RFID board box is in described open position.
8. board box according to claim 6, wherein, described lifting subassembly comprises motor and piston, and described RFID board box is promoted to described open position from described off position when described motor is activated by described piston.
9. board box according to claim 5, wherein, at least one RFID antenna described is attached in the fixing wall of the next-door neighbour's described RFID board box below described table for game, to communicate with the value token of the described RFID of enabling when described board box is in described off position below described table for game.
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